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2013 Upper School Academic Award Winners

The annual Upper School Academic Awards Program was held on Friday, May 31. Listed below are the 2013 award recipients. Congratulations!

English

English Book Award | Claire Drysdale
Excellence in Expository Essay Writing Award | Emma Quirk-Durben
Excellence in Creative Writing Award | Stephanie Carlson
Breck Trustee English Award | Nicholas Thyr
English Departmental Distinction Awards | Maria Bell, Tait Helgaas, Sarah Koop, Anjali Madhok

History

Colonel Porter P. Wiggins History Award | Emma Quirk-Durben
Breck Trustee History Award | Benjamin Gleekel
History Book Award | Claire Drysdale
Sons of the American Revolution Award | Daniel Bergerson
History Departmental Distinction Awards | Madison Ernst, Joshua Stillman, Andrew Stuempfig, Seamus Walsh

Mathematics

John Nelson Mathematics Award | Nicholas Thyr
Junior Mathematics Award | Eileen Bayer
Mathematics Book Award | Paige Dempsey
Mathematics Departmental Distinction Awards | Daniel Bergerson, Sung-Rim Huh, Eden Motto, Patrica Zhao

Modern Language

Modern Language Book Award | Evalyn Mackenzie
Virginia McKnight Binger Award | Margaret MacLennan
Michael Uram Spanish Award | Eileen Bayer
Modern Language Departmental Distinction Awards | Sofie Kim, Grace Kirkpatrick, Madison Lommen, Patricia Zhao

Performing Arts

Performing Arts Excellence Award | David Caruso
Performing Arts Book Award | Daniel Bergerson
Charles Krenz Creative Arts Award | Kiko Laureano
Performing Arts Departmental Distinction Awards | Andrew Chien, Stephanie Carlson, Paige Dempsey, Nicholas Malak, Eden Motto, Mitchell Nimmer, Stephanie van Oppen

Religion

Mrs. Reuben L. Anderson Sacred Studies Award | Jessica Freeman
L. Paxton Meeker Award | Graydon Kulick
McGill Public Speaking Award | Ohiyesa Firesteel

Science

Science Leadership and Achievement Award | Jessica Ryvlin, Caleb Kumar
Science Award of Excellence | Claire Simpson
Science Book Award | Nicholas Thyr
Science Achievement Award | Greer Bingham
Science Departmental Distinction Awards | Darius Bieganski, Paige Dempsey, Sarah Koop, Eden Motto

Visual Arts

Charles Krenz Creative Arts Award | Kylee Grant, Andrew Chien
Creative Arts Award | Joseph Kuhns
Rhode Island School of Design Book Award | Claire Drysdale
Visual Arts Book Award | Madeline Youngdale
Visual Arts Departmental Distinction Awards | Madisen Diehl, Adria Duncan, Kira Li Hinz, Jessica Ryvlin

Athletics

Allen Dunn Trophy | Claire Drysdale, Kwaku Bodom
Fred B. Anderson Athletic Trophy | Nailah Hill, Nicholas Thyr

Extra-Curricular

Milburn Journalism Trophy | Stephanie van Oppen
David Hancock Yearbook Award | Melissa Clark, Katherine Kiesel

Cum Laude Society

Class of 2013: David Alper, Daniel Bergerson, Greer Bingham, Paige Dempsey, Kylee Grant, Sarah Koop, Joseph Kuhns, Caleb Kumar, Eden Motto, Emma Quirk-Durben, Jessica Ryvlin, Katherine Schipper, Mikala Skelton, Joshua Stillman, Nicholas Thyr, Yu Amy Yin
Class of 2014: Eileen Bayer, Claire Drysdale, Adria Duncan, Madison Ernst, Leslie Hayes, Julia Joern, Trevor Larsen, John Sheehy, Claire Simpson, Patricia Zhao
Cum Laude Society Paper Award | Paige Dempsey

Scholarship Awards

Grade 9: Claire Cousineau, Darartu Gamada, Sina Hakim-Hashemi, Tait Helgaas, Ingrid Thyr, Lewis White
Grade 10: Edward Kuhns, Andrew Stuempfig
Grade 11: Claire Drysdale, Claire Simpson
Grade 12: Eden Motto, Nicholas Thyr
Bradford Lamson Award | Andrew Stuempfig, Eve Zelickson

Citizenship Awards

Upper School Student Integrity Council | Emily Colwell, Abby Erdmann, Stephanie Headrick, Nailah Hill, Katherine Kiesel, Jane Mesna, Foley Simons, Isabella Valentini, Eve Zelickson
Service Awards | Allison Cole, Leslie Hayes, Madison Lommen, Nicolaas van Oppen, Amanda Zeidner
International Award | Yu Amy Yin
James and Kathleen Lockhart Memorial Scholarship | Hutton Phillips
Robbie Monick Memorial Scholarship | Kira Li Hinz
Timothy Randall and Todd Allan Hitchcock Scholarship | Mitchell Foster

Citizenship Awards

Grade 9: Tait Helgaas
Grade 10: Kwaku Bodom
Grade 11: Claire Drysdale
Grade 12: Benjamin Gleekel
Christin M. Mead ’90 Memorial Award | Eden Motto
Breck Alumni Award | Leslie Hayes
Robert J. Aarthun Award | Emma Quirk-Durben, Achinth Murali
McCall Academic Award | Eden Motto, Nicholas Thyr
Haupt Cup | Daniel Bergerson